I think many of us have memories like you describe. Deeply emotional warm, beautiful… and without top or bottom. I have some that really stick. I now have an all tube system with outstanding top and bottom. One product, I think it is the Audio Research VT80se… part of their foundation series really got the incredible midrange bloom right as well as top and bottom and 75 Watts per channel. So you can get both in a modern system.
Vintage Tube amps
Question
I’ve heard a tube amp once and the midrange was just stupid. I mean wow….but the high sounded set back and were almost inaudble drowned out by the mid range. Was that just the system or is that all vintagetube gear? It was just a 2 watt amp and it was on Zu dirty weekend speakers.
If you use say a rebuilt Dynaco st70 and use a quality tube pre will the highs always feel as fessed or if you set it up correctly will they feel more natural to the music? I’m thinking just the set up made it sound like it did. 2 watts and Zu full range drivers….bad room….
I don’t care so much about bottome extension because I love subwoofers but I love the mid range I heard and just want the high end to not be such a struggle to hear…i
any opinions would be welcome
I’ve heard a tube amp once and the midrange was just stupid. I mean wow….but the high sounded set back and were almost inaudble drowned out by the mid range. Was that just the system or is that all vintagetube gear? It was just a 2 watt amp and it was on Zu dirty weekend speakers.
If you use say a rebuilt Dynaco st70 and use a quality tube pre will the highs always feel as fessed or if you set it up correctly will they feel more natural to the music? I’m thinking just the set up made it sound like it did. 2 watts and Zu full range drivers….bad room….
I don’t care so much about bottome extension because I love subwoofers but I love the mid range I heard and just want the high end to not be such a struggle to hear…i
any opinions would be welcome